SAME DNA, DIFFERENT LOGBOOKS.

Side by side at our yard: the fully refitted “Taeke Hadewych” and the brand new Puffin 42 “Fina”. Both shining as if they’ve just been launched. Both built for the open sea. Yet their stories couldn’t be more different.

Taeke Hadewych carries a remarkable history. Previously owned by renowned Dutch sailor and writer Eerde Beulakker and his wife Hedwig, he sailed well beyond ordinary cruising grounds. His logbook contains long northern voyages to Bear Island, cold waters around Spitsbergen, far south in the wake of Shackleton. Six books were written about journeys aboard him.

Over the years, the Taeke Hadewych became deeply connected to the Van Westerhoven family, who chose not just to preserve him, but to prepare him for many more years at sea.

A complete refit at VMG Yachtbuilders followed, guided by Olivier van Meer Design, who is also responsible for the design of the new Puffin. The Taeke Hadewych received a new interior, his hull was treated and he has been repainted stem to stern. He looks brand new. He isn’t.

Next to him lies Fina. Brand new, with only a few miles under her keel yet. Her stories still have to be written.

Despite the years between them, the connection is immediately visible. The same sturdy character. Both with timeless lines. Two yachts built to go somewhere real, each in their own time.

One logbook full. One still blank.